Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Figures v
4. PART I INTRODUCTION
5. CHAPTER 1 Cinematic Western China: The Under-represented Cinematic Cities 1
6. PART II CINEMATIC CHONGQING
7. CHAPTER 2 History, Cityscape and Spatial Stratification 35
8. CHAPTER 3 National Project and Disappearing Space 61
9. PART III CINEMATIC CHENGDU
10. CHAPTER 4 Spaces of Consumption Replace Spaces of Production 89
11. CHAPTER 5 Natural Disaster and Trauma 119
12. PART IV CINEMATIC XI’AN
13. CHAPTER 6 From an Enclosed Traditional Space to a Sprawling Urban Space 131
14. CHAPTER 7 Female Space and Bodies 155
15. PART V CINEMATIC LANZHOU
16. CHAPTER 8 Contrast between the Urban and the Rural Regarding Mental and Social Space 179
17. PART VI CONCLUSION
18. CHAPTER 9 Cinematic Western China: An Open Space for Spatial Imagination 205
19. Filmography 213
20. Bibliography 217
21. Index 226